Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 27, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis rf 6 2 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 2 1
Canseco lf 5 1 1 1
  Javier pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 2
Kingman dh 5 0 1 1
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Hill 2b 5 2 1 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Willard c 3 2 1 0
Griffin ss 5 1 4 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 3 2 2 0
Kingery cf 4 1 2 2
Seitzer 1b 4 1 2 1
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Brett dh 3 1 1 1
Quirk c 3 1 1 2
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Pecota 3b 4 0 1 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Oakland 212 001 1029152
Kansas City 301 010 1006102
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (9-11) 6.0 8 5 4 2 4
  Ontiveros   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Von Ohlen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell  SV (16) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   1.1 7 3 3 0 0
  Black  L (5-10) 4.1 3 3 1 2 2
  Cone   0.2 3 1 1 3 0
  Bankhead   2.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Quisenberry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
7
4

  E–Canseco (14), Rijo (2), B Jackson (4), Biancalana (16).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (3,off Rijo); Law (25,off Rijo); Kingery 2 (8,off Rijo,off Ontiveros).  3B–Oakland Griffin (5,off Black); Hill (2,off Cone).  HR–Oakland Lansford (19,9th inning off Bankhead 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Quirk (6,1st inning off Rijo 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Canseco (8,by Bankhead).  IBB–Murphy (4,by Bankhead); Brett (18,by Rijo).  SF–Kingery (2,off Rijo).  SB–Davis (24,2nd base off Black/Quirk); Kingery (6,2nd base off Rijo/Willard).  CS–Lansford (7,2nd base by Cone/Quirk).  BK–Black (2).  HBP–Bankhead (3,Canseco).  IBB–Rijo (7,Brett); Bankhead (7,Murphy).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:33.  A–28,375.
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